However, these words sounded rather high-sounding and were far less impactful than Chu Nian's. But everyone had already made their choice, and in doing so, they were guided by the principle of what was most beneficial to themselves, so naturally no one stood up to refute Zhang Lan.
The food and water were distributed among the people, and the group split into two. Zhang Lan led the group away first.
To be honest, Zhang Lan didn't want to leave any useful supplies for Chu Nian's team at all. But everyone was watching; after all, they had been adventuring together in the apocalypse for over a year. Even though they had split into different teams, many of her team members still had deep feelings for Chu Nian's team. If she said she wouldn't share supplies, several of her capable superhumans would probably immediately defect to Chu Nian's side.
Seeing that Zhang Lan and the others had gone far away, Xiao Li said, "Sister Nian, there were so many zombies here just now, let's get out of here quickly!"
Chu Nian: "It's already late at night, and no one got any rest last night. You just said that there were so many zombies, but they're all dead now, so there probably aren't any left around. I think this place is relatively safe. I suggest we camp here, rest for the night, and get plenty of rest before we set off again tomorrow morning."
Xiao Li said with some concern, "That's not good, at least that demon tree is still there. And I always feel that the demon tree is the real controller of the zombie horde."
Another superhuman, Chen Chen, said, "I don't think so. I think that demonic tree was controlled by that powerful zombie. Didn't you see that the demonic tree disappeared as soon as the zombie died?!"
Chu Nian immediately said, "Chen Chen's words reminded me..." She took out the half-root she had just picked up, "This thing fell off that zombie, it's shaped like a tree branch, could it have anything to do with that demon tree!"
"That's my tree root..." Suddenly, the group of superpowered individuals heard a voice transmitting, "That peak eighth-tier zombie controlled me through this tree root."
The people with superpowers looked at each other in bewilderment.
Chu Nian asked, "Did you all hear someone talking?"
Everyone nodded.
Chu Nian: "I feel like... that tree is communicating with us telepathically."
The group looked at each other and saw the agreement in each other's eyes, so they all nodded to Chu Nian.
Xiao Li said, "Sister Nian, this thing was originally used by zombies to control the demon tree."
Tree: "I am a good tree, really. The reason I am communicating with you is to tell you that I will not harm you."
Xiao Li: "How can we believe what you say? Just now you were chasing after our Captain Zhang and Zhang Gang."
Tree: "I was controlled by that level eight zombie at that time. He made me trap your leader so that you would be leaderless, and then it could devour this beautiful, elegant, kind, gentle, noble and pure lady."
Xiao Li: "A beautiful... elegant... kind... gentle, noble and pure... lady?" He turned to look at Chu Nian, then suddenly burst out laughing, "Sister Nian, is that demon tree talking about you?"
Chu Nian retorted coldly, "Is it wrong?"
Xiao Li quickly stopped laughing, put on a serious face, and emphasized, "No, no, it's absolutely right! Absolutely right!"
Before he could finish speaking, he turned his head and saw that the demonic tree, which had only been transmitting its voice just moments before, had already appeared. Everyone immediately became more vigilant.
But what happened next completely surprised them.
Then the demonic tree, as if molded from rubber, lay prostrate before Chu Nian, continuing to transmit its voice in a language everyone could hear and understand: "My most esteemed master, please accept me as your slave. I am willing to serve you for life, to serve you tea and water, to clean your room, and even if I have to stay up all night, I will protect you and become your strongest and most powerful shield."
Chu Nian feigned hesitation, glanced at the team members around her, and said, "You are a demon tree, and I am not alone. I will travel with my team members. You will pose a threat to them and make them feel unsafe."
The demon tree quickly replied, "No, no, no, I would never threaten the safety of anyone around you. You are my most esteemed master. I will only attack whomever you command me to attack; and I will never lay a finger on anyone you forbid me to harm. My life is in your hands, so what are you worried about?"
Hearing the conversation between the man and the tree, everyone inexplicably felt the same way they did when reading a novel before the apocalypse. The novel was called "Don Quixote," and it felt full of chivalrous spirit, which also gave them a lot of goosebumps—this feeling was so strange!
They simply couldn't understand why they felt this way.
Xiao Li asked, "Sister Nian, is what this tree says really believable?"
The demon tree quickly turned to him. Xiao Li wondered if he was seeing things. How could he tell from the old trunk of a tree that it was "about to cry"?
The demon tree said, "Handsome guy, everything I said is true. The root my master is holding is a matter of life and death for me, how could I lie?" You guys better hurry up and agree, otherwise this woman will keep me crawling on the ground like this. You see, its entire root is currently in this woman's hands.
Chu Nian nodded slightly and said, "I don't think it's lying. Through this crystal tree root, I can sense a little bit of its thoughts."
Xiao Li asked, "What, Sister Nian, can you sense what it's thinking through this thing?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that the demon tree's expression was becoming increasingly distressed, as if it were about to burst into tears at any moment.
Before Chu Nian could answer, the demon tree had already shaken the branches at its top and said, "Yes, yes, through this tree root, my master can easily know what I am thinking, so I dare not have any disloyal thoughts towards her, nor can I disobey her will in the slightest."
Chen Chen said, "Since that's the case, then, Niannian, let's just kill this demon tree directly. That way, we can save ourselves the trouble of constantly worrying that it will turn against us and devour us."
Upon hearing this, all the branches of the demon tree stood up, but in an instant they all flattened down, pounced on Chu Nian's legs, and wrapped around her calves like leg wraps, crying, "No, Master, I will definitely obey Master's orders, I will only stand guard for Master, serve tea and water, wash clothes and cook for Master, I will do all the work... Waaah... Please Master, don't kill me... Waaah..."
Those ordinary people in the team who were responsible for boiling water and cooking were a little frightened when they heard this.
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